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Mueda, Memory and Massacre

7.0(2)19801h 20m1

Mueda was a massacre. The name is that of the village in Northern Mozambique where in 1960 it took place. The Portuguese colonial regime did the killing. In independent Mozambique, those inhabitants of Mueda who survived regularly re-enact the massacre in situ. They themselves play the roles of victims, assassins, and spectators. Ruy Guerra, now a Brazilian but born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique), filmed this extraordinary creation of liberated popular culture, intercutting it with first-hand interviews on the massacre. The mix is compelling, and the grave yet joyous spectacle unique.

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Released
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Language
Portuguese
  • africa
  • mass murder
  • mozambique

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Director

Ruy Guerra

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Mozambique

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  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival1 Jan 1981
  • MozambiqueMZ

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1980
  • RussiaSU

    • PremiereSource: IMDB (Tashkent)25 May 1980

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Mueda, Memory and Massacre was released on 1 January 1980.

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